蟻族
Chinese
| ant | race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (蟻族) | 蟻 | 族 | |
| simp. (蚁族) | 蚁 | 族 | |
| Literally: “ant tribe”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǐzú
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄗㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐzú
- Wade–Giles: i3-tsu2
- Yale: yǐ-dzú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiitzwu
- Palladius: ицзу (iczu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngai5 zuk6
- Yale: ngáih juhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngai5 dzuk9
- Guangdong Romanization: ngei5 zug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɐi̯¹³ t͡sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
蟻族
- (neologism, slang) group of low income university graduates who settle for a poverty-level existence in the cities of China